Archive for the ‘Les Misérables’ Tag

In my last article, I linked to Rheta Shawn’s ongoing article listing known participants in the bloggers’ protest strike to encourage Linden Lab to clarify its new trademark/brand policy. The comments to her post show that the bloggers are approaching their concern with a sense of humor as well as seriousness — and not a little grasp of the classics, as well. A painting by Delacroix, invocation of Victor Hugo and the musical Les Misérables that derives from Hugo’s masterpiece; it’s all there.

One writer, Laetizia Coronet of Virtual Village Voice, took it to the next level. Revolutionaries have used the red flag as a symbol of revolt for years, and that includes, of course, revolutionaries of a more recent vintage. In her comment, Laetizia did a bit of light filk — to the Internationale! In the same vein, I responded that if we were going to be subjected to Marxian polemics next, I’d be putting in a phone call — to the ghost of J. Edgar Hoover. (The modern FBI doesn’t worry too much about Commie plots….)

All that reminds me of my college days. I have a Bachelor of Arts in humanities (hail the Seven Liberal Arts!), and was, of course, required to take several core classes. In the one dealing with the 1800s, we were required to either write one major paper on a topic of our choice, or several smaller papers from a list of suggestions. One classmate chose the mini-papers, and one of the suggestions was Karl Marx. She purchased copies of Das Kapitaland The Communist Manifesto, and was reading them at work during lunch time. They were laying on her desk, out in plain view, as the boss walked by. According to my classmate, he took one look and winced, and begged her (jokingly, I’m sure) to put those things away in a drawer! I think he was afraid she was planning to set off the revolution there in his company….

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